The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-22

he played some very lively airs,
which excited the others to an
equally lively dance, their natural
spirits being increased by sundry
glasses of whiskey, "stood' them
by the good-natured captain; and,
by the time we reached our desti-
nation, most of them were in a
pretty boisterous condition, and
two or three were obliged to accept
assistance in getting into the boat
when the steamer stopped to cast
us off, at about II o'clock.
We anchored for the night at the
entrance Of the Tigris, the men
making themselves as comfortable
as possible in their boat; we, in
our canoe.
1t was fine night, but rather
cold, but l slept soundly under a
blanket, and, as the canoe had an
awning, we entirely escaped the
bad effects of a heavy dew.
When l awoke about G:30 the
following morning, l found thick
fog over everything, just beginning
to lift and the sun peeping through.
We had good wash and some
breakfast, and, by the time we had
quite finished, the fog was suffi-
ciently lifted to enable us to see
both sides of the rivers
The site of the Garden is situated
where the Tigris and Euphrates
join, and is now occupied by q
small Arab village, the houses being
built in the midst of thick wood.
1t is certainly very pretty place,
and the view, looking in every direc-
tion, most charming. We landed
about 8 clock, and strolled through
the woods for couple of hours;
most of the trees are date palms.
We were followed everywhere by
an admiring crowd of dirty Arabs.
We walked across to the other side
of the Garden to get good view
of the Euphrates, which seems a
broader river than the Tigris, but
not so swift.
We finished by getting some
branches from the "Tree of Know
ledge" situated about a hundred
feet from the bank of the Tigris.
1t is fine old tree, but certainly
does not look 5000 years old! 1t
may, however, stand in the position
of the original tree, whose offspring
| il NAV also be. / am pressing
some leaves for you, and shall also
nately for us, it was seed time.
The natives had decided objec-
tion to my taking away any portion
of this tree, having learned to know
it's value, so we had to propitiate
one or two of them with some small
coins. l felt, however, that they
were imposing on my good-nature,
as, of course, the entire Garden,
including the tree, belonged origi-
nally to my ancestors, and formed
part of the family estates, and l
should, doubtless, be living there
mOp, if Eve had "behaved herself"
| The place seems to have been a
good deal neglected since Adam
and Eve got the turn out. The
ground is everywhere covered with
fallen leaves, and dirt of every
kind. Some Of the men cleared up
little about the "Tree of Know
ledge" but the rest of the place
was in too bad condition, and our
stay too short 10 admit Of our doing
very much towards setting it to
rights. | kept careful lookout
for seypents, but failed to see any.
l suppose the weather is too cold
for them now, although, it was then
a fine, sunshiny day. Anyway, L
felt that l should not like to be
going about in very light clothing.
Time being almost up, we took a
last look round, and got into our
canoe, leaving the men to come
back in their boat, which, as we
had anticipated, proved a slow
process.